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EDUCATION
1995-1997 M.F.A. Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1991-1995 B.F.A. Painting/Drawing, History of Art Minor, The Pennsylvania State University,
…………………University Park, PA
ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
Spring 2004- Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor of Fine Art, Hudson County Community College,
Present Jersey City, NJ
Spring 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor (Painting), School of Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
1998-2000 Assistant Professor of Art (Drawing/Painting), School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania
………………… ..State University, University Park, PA
HONORS & AWARDS
2011 Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
2004 G.E.M Grant – (Grants to Enhance our Mission), Hudson County Community College
2004 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Amherst, VA
2002 Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ
…………Vermont Studio Center, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2002 Women’s Studio Workshop, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Rosendale, NY
1997 Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Prize, Highest Achievement in Painting, Yale University,
…………………New Haven, CT
1995 Creative Achievement Award, Highest Achievement in Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University,
…………………University Park, PA
1994 Margaret Giffen-Schoenfeld Award, Achievement in Painting, The Pennsylvania State University,
…………………University Park, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Whisper and Scurry of Small Lives, Hamilton Square, Jersey City , NJ, curated by Brendan Carroll
2010 In Bloom, Windows on Columbus, Jersey City, NJ
2008 The Hanging Garden, Space B Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Recent Paintings, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2001 Recent Paintings, Moreau Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2000 Gardens of Delight – Recent Paintings, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
…………………Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2010 Inner Visions/Outer Space, Victory Arts Project, Jersey City, NJ
2009 The Air is Thick, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 212 Gallery Group Exhibition, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
2007 Group Exhibition, Space B Gallery, New York, NY
…………Patterns, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
…………Declaration of Independents, Space B Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Flora, South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN
…………Marking Time, City Without Walls, Curated by Joe Ford, Seton Hall University Law School,
…………………Newark, NJ
2003 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Recipients Exhibition, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
…………Montclair State University Exchange Exhibition, Wonkwang University, South Korea
2002 Jersey City Museum Benefit Art Auction, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant Recipients,
…………………Jersey City, NJ
2001 Look: Paint, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
…………Flat-File Show, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 sva2000, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
1998 Faculty Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
1997 New Work, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
…………M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale University Gallery, New Haven, CT
…………College Art Association M.F.A. Exhibition, Yale University School of Art Painting Representative,
…………………Hunter College, New York, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2004 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Amherst, VA
2005 Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Almeria, Spain
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
2002 Women’s Studio Workshop, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Rosendale, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
1997 – Present College Art Association – Member
2004 – Present Pro-Arts Jersey City – Member
